Marcus Glenroy Richardson (born 31 August 1977) is an English football manager and former professional footballer. As a player he was a striker who notably played in the Football League for Torquay United, Hartlepool United, Lincoln City and Chester City. He also turned out professionally for Cambridge United, Rochdale, Yeovil Town, Macclesfield Town and Bury. He has played at Non-League level for Burhnam, Slough Town, Weymouth, Crawley Town, Farnborough, Henley Town, Windsor & Eton, Reading Town and Marlow. In 2014 he became player/manager of Highmoor Ibis. Playing career Richardson began his career in non-league football. Following a move from Burnham, he made his debut for Slough Town in December 1999. A successful season with Slough alerted league scouts and he spent a week on trial with Cambridge United in July 2000. He moved to Harrow Borough for the start of the 2000–01 season and continued to attract attention from league clubs with appearances for Reading reserves in August 2000 and Wycombe Wanderers reserves in November 2000. He finally broke into the professional ranks by signing for Cambridge United on 16 March 2001, the same day that Dave Kitson also signed for Cambridge. The following day, he scored on his debut, netting a last-minute winner in a 3–2 win away to Stoke City. He moved to Torquay United on loan in September 2001, making the move permanent the following month at a cost of £5,000 for Torquay. His spell at Torquay began with his as regular, although he was later mainly used as a substitute, competing with the likes of David Graham, Eifion Williams and Tony Bedeau for a place up front. He moved to Hartlepool United in October 2002 and would be joined at Hartlepool by Eifion Williams who had joined seven months earlier. He struggled to settle at Hartlepool, although did score against Torquay in a match almost postponed due to snow, Richardson landing in a pile of cleared snow in front of the Torquay fans during one attempt on goal. He gained cult status among Hartlepool fans and was known as "Tripod" due to his large member. He had two spells on loan with Lincoln City in the 2003–04 season, before signing for Lincoln on a free transfer in January 2004. He was involved in "training ground incident" with Ciarán Toner early the following year, which resulted in both players being fined and loaned out to other clubs,